[1] The German Bowl was won by the New Yorker Lions, a club from the city of Braunschweig, who defeated the Dresden Monarchs by a score of 35–34.

[2][5] The Wiesbaden Phantoms were relegated from the GFL South at the end of the 2013 season after losing to the Allgäu Comets while, in the northern division, the Cologne Falcons defended their league place against the Bielefeld Bulldogs.

The northern division saw the Cologne Falcons defeat the Bielefeld Bulldogs 42–30 at home and then lose 17–6 away, retaining their league place by just one point.

[2][11] The South was swept out of the playoffs in the quarter finals with defending champion Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns upset at home by the Berlin Adler.

Ironically it was the fourth placed finisher in the South, Rhein-Neckar Bandits, who came closest to a semifinal berth by keeping the deficit against Braunschweig to a single score.

On their way home, the Berlin Adler players earned negative press attention as they tried (and failed) to steal a plastic cow at a highway rest stop, damaging it in an attempt to fit it through the bus door.

Ultimately, both home teams prevailed in the semifinals, Braunschweig knocking out the previous season's German Bowl loser Kiel and Dresden dispatching the Adler.